Financial Economics Workshop
BANKING AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
Rimini , 17-18 April 2008

THURSDAY - 17 April 2008 (Room: ALBERTI 1)

Chair: Paola Brighi (Faculty of Economics in Rimini, University of Bologna)

03.00 p.m. - 03.15 p.m. WELCOMING ADDRESSES

Corrado Benassi (Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Rimini, University of Bologna)
Salvatore Torrisi (Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Rimini, University of Bologna)
Gianluigi Pelloni (Director of the RCEA - Faculty of Economics, University of Bologna in Rimini and RCEA)

INTRODUCTION

Paola Brighi (Faculty of Economics in Rimini, University of Bologna)

03.15 p.m. - 04.15 p.m.
Sudipto Bhattacharya (London School of Economics)
Control Rights & IPR

04.15 p.m. - 05.15 p.m.
Frederic Boissay (European Central Bank)
Trade Credit Defaults and Liquidity Provision by Firms

05.15 p.m. - 06.15 p.m.
Ugo Albertazzi (Bank of Italy)
Bank Profitability and Taxation

08.30 p.m.

DINNER (by invitation only)


FRIDAY - 18 April 2008 (Room: ALBERTI 1)

Chair: Giuseppe Torluccio (Faculty of Economics, University of Bologna)

09.30 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
Steven Ongena (Tilburg University)
Rules Versus Discretion in Loan Rate Setting

10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Margarita Samartin (Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
Information Acquisition and Financial Contagion

11.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Franco Fiordelisi (University of Rome III)
How do European Banks Make Money for their Owners? A Structural Equation Model Application

12.30 a.m. - 01.30 p.m.
David Marqués (ECB)
Securitisation and the Bank Lending Channel

01.30 p.m. - 03.00 p.m.

LUNCH BREAK (Room: AULA 2, Via Angherà 22)

Chair: Elettra Agliardi (Faculty of Economics in Rimini, University of Bologna)

03.00 p.m. - 04.00 p.m.
Joao Santos (Federal Reserve Bank of NY)
Is the Secondary Loan Market Valuable for Borrowers?

04.00 p.m. - 05.00 p.m.
Paolo Emilio Mistrulli (Bank of Italy)
Distance, Lending Technologies and Interest Rates

05.00 p.m. - 06.00 p.m.
Jose Luis Peydro (European Central Bank)
Institutional Owners and Insiders in Listed Banks: do they Matter?

Scientific Organizer: Paola Brighi, paola.brighi@unibo.it